Your Favourite Scenes In Film

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[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

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Gave that an honourable mention in the OP, should probably have expanded on it in retrospect, I had the space. I love Hauer’s smile, when he knows he has just said something so incredibly powerful to fit that scene that none of the writers could have ever come up with, it’s priceless.

I’m so glad they came out with director’s cut versions, if I had to endure the obnoxious Ford voice-over that follows that scene every time I watched it, it would ruin it for me completely.

Man I love that scene.

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

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Gave that an honourable mention in the OP, should probably have expanded on it in retrospect, I had the space. I love Hauer’s smile, when he knows he has just said something so incredibly powerful to fit that scene that none of the writers could have ever come up with, it’s priceless.

I’m so glad they came out with director’s cut versions, if I had to endure the obnoxious Ford voice-over that follows that scene every time I watched it, it would ruin it for me completely.

Man I love that scene.[/quote]

I’ve still never seen the cut with the voice overs lol, I should check it out sometime.

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]Brett620 wrote:
Big K-

I love your analysis of film. Quite a keen sense indeed. You should have your own blog or something.

I love the final sense from ‘The Game’ with When Michael Douglas’ character shoots Sean Penn’s character.
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Well thank you Brett, I appreciate that greatly. :slight_smile:

I’m woefully under-learned at this point to start any kind of blog, I have some decades before I’d feel confident enough to think of myself as a full film ‘aficionado’. Maybe one day though.[/quote]

Don’t be modest.

It’s obvious that it’s something you are passionate about. That, coupled with the talent that you also display in your posts in your wit/wisdom/humor/insight. You definitely have a “uniqueness” and talent, and that’s something that will always attract readers/viewers/listeners etc.

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And Big K-

What are you thoughts on the film The Big Kahuna?

There are some very fine scene in that movie. DeVito kills it in that film.

Thoughts?

A very emotional film for me.

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The Unforgiven, they build up through the whole movie with Clint not drinking, talking about how evil he becomes, and such. Then near the end when they kill his friend Ned, he takes the bottle of whisky from the kid, and takes a drink. The kid says I thought you didnt drink, Clint says “It’s best you head on home now boy”

Only Clint in his prime can deliver a line like that, gives me goose bumbs every time. Nobody does mean like Clint, they do a close up of his eyes, awesome

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[quote]AnytimeJake wrote:
The Unforgiven, they build up through the whole movie with Clint not drinking, talking about how evil he becomes, and such. Then near the end when they kill his friend Ned, he takes the bottle of whisky from the kid, and takes a drink. The kid says I thought you didnt drink, Clint says “It’s best you head on home now boy”

Only Clint in his prime can deliver a line like that, gives me goose bumbs every time. Nobody does mean like Clint, they do a close up of his eyes, awesome[/quote]

This movie is in my top 5.

This scene is absolutely perfect:

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[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

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Gave that an honourable mention in the OP, should probably have expanded on it in retrospect, I had the space. I love Hauer’s smile, when he knows he has just said something so incredibly powerful to fit that scene that none of the writers could have ever come up with, it’s priceless.

I’m so glad they came out with director’s cut versions, if I had to endure the obnoxious Ford voice-over that follows that scene every time I watched it, it would ruin it for me completely.

Man I love that scene.[/quote]

I’ve still never seen the cut with the voice overs lol, I should check it out sometime.[/quote]

I like both versions. And I tend to think I wouldn’t like the director’s cut as much without having seen the one with voiceovers first but it’s hard to know for certain.

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[quote]jjackkrash wrote:

[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

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Gave that an honourable mention in the OP, should probably have expanded on it in retrospect, I had the space. I love Hauer’s smile, when he knows he has just said something so incredibly powerful to fit that scene that none of the writers could have ever come up with, it’s priceless.

I’m so glad they came out with director’s cut versions, if I had to endure the obnoxious Ford voice-over that follows that scene every time I watched it, it would ruin it for me completely.

Man I love that scene.[/quote]

I’ve still never seen the cut with the voice overs lol, I should check it out sometime.[/quote]

I like both versions. And I tend to think I wouldn’t like the director’s cut as much without having seen the one with voiceovers first but it’s hard to know for certain.
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I have always liked the idea of the voice over to fit with noir theme of the movie, especially since it would be an incredibly sombre Ford doing it.

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Always loved this scene. Summed up the relationship perfectly. I love the opening shot of his walking heavily up the stairs, hat in hand. I also love the line “What about my prime Mick? I never had a prime!”

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[quote]Brett620 wrote:
And Big K-

What are you thoughts on the film The Big Kahuna?

There are some very fine scene in that movie. DeVito kills it in that film.

Thoughts?

A very emotional film for me.[/quote]

I like The Big Kahuna more than a lot of people I know, I hadn’t realised it existed until I started using “Big Kahuna” (as the Pulp Fiction Burger reference) as a username, now it kind of irks me a little whenever they get intermeshed and I need correct it.

I like that it doesn’t move too far, it’s perfect to just take place in that little hotel room, suits the story brilliantly. Were I religious I think I’d have connected more with it subjectively, but I surely appreciate it for what it is on the outside.

Kevin Spacey has always been one of my favourite actors and the character play between him and DeVito is wonderful. I never even thought to respect DeVito until I found out he was the guy who directed Matilda (as well as produced and starred, and so I give him even more credit), then I looked through the better parts of his work. Of course he’s had his fair share of flops, but every now and again he’ll come out with something quite wonderful, and he’s backed some very good projects. I don’t think I’ve ever really seen him come into his own in a role, but I want to.

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[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

I have always liked the idea of the voice over to fit with noir theme of the movie, especially since it would be an incredibly sombre Ford doing it.
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This is the best quality featuring the voice over I could find.

I am one of the people that dislikes the voice over from the original, the sad thing about it is that it’s not very sombre, it’s barely even hinting at emotional, it’s just monotone Ford wishing he didn’t have to say these silly lines after this brilliant dying monologue by Hauer, even discounting that Deckard seems to have entirely missed the point of that speech.

I’m glad I was young enough to see it the first time on it’s final cut, with the voice over thrown out and the ending revamped, I don’t think it would ever feel the same if my first time with Blade Runner was the ordeal of the original, because that would be all I’d remember about it. It’s a brilliant film, but it doesn’t feel nearly as good collectively without the tweaks. The Director’s Cut and especially the Final Cut are like fine aged whiskies, the original is like a fine aged whisky with a dash of petrol in it.

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[quote]AliveAgain36 wrote:
Agreed Big K - I loved Heat. I really like Michael Mann’s films… It’s more than a scene, but the last 12 minutes of Last of the Mohicans is another of mine. This movie too, turned a lot of people off because of its’s lenght - but it is one of my top 50.

Agreed. Fantastic end to the movie.

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[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
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I just have to say that I watched this movie for the first time last night and it was like the best 2 hours of my life, ha-ha.

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WILLEM DAFOE
Is my new hero…

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[quote]CMdad wrote:
I’m an idiot and don’t know how to embed a video clip in a message but I had to throw a nod to the bar scene in Inglorious Basterds. I remember watching that scene for the first time and literally being on the edge of my seat. The tension rises at first as the Nazi major first starts to question the nationality of the British spy and then passes as he reveals he’s just joking with him.

And then, a few seconds later, just when you think the danger has passed, the Brit unwittingly calls for 3 glasses for the scotch in the British way to reveal his true identity to the Nazi. The look on the Nazi major’s face as he gestures for the glasses is priceless. Then, the 2 mins of dialogue that follows with the pistols pointed at each other’s testicles is excellent, only to be outdone by the bloody shoot out to cap the scene.

Absolutely amazing piece of filmmaking. Classic Tarantino at his best. Actually, this whole movie is unbelievable. From the acting to the storyline to the directing to the cinematography, excellence across the board. However, the piece de resistance is definitely Christoph Waltz’s performance as Colonel Landa. Never have I wanted to climb through the screen and strangle a character in the way that I do with Landa.

I think that the term is thrown around a little too liberally sometimes but, the only way to describe his performance is genius. Pure genius. [/quote]

Absolutely agreed. Christof Waltz was brilliant in both Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. Big Kudos to both Tarantino and Waltz for doing in Basterds what one would assume to be an impossibility: create a Nazi character more sympathetic than the American “hero” of the film.

http://vimeo.com/m/67348832

The farmhouse scene at the beginning of the movie was my favorite from that movie: fifteen minutes of solid dialogue (mostly monologue, actually), two guys just smoking their pipes, but the tension and suspense was as thick and palpable as heavy whipped cream on apfelstrudel.

Leonardo diCaprio’s monologue on the phrenology of slave skulls in Django takes a close second. And I wanted to strangle him a hell of a lot worse than I wanted to strangle Landa.

Trivia: that’s actually his real blood in that scene: he cut his hand when he smacked the table, shattering a crystal glass. Here is an actor who literally bleeds for a performance.

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[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Trivia: that’s actually his real blood in that scene: he cut his hand when he smacked the table, shattering a crystal glass. Here is an actor who literally bleeds for a performance. [/quote]

I wonder how often that actually happens.

It was the same with the opening of Apocalypse Now after he smashes the mirror.

About 3:00 in that video.

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I always wanted to eat one of these!

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On the previous page you talk about the two great actors having an undestaded converstion, since I’m a Clint Eastwood fan, it made me remember a scene. I think the movie is called Absolute Power, not a great movie, but there’s a scene where Ed harris is a cop interviewing Clint (cat burgler) who claims to be a senior, who could never have pulled off the hiest.

It’s a brilliant scene, two great actors at the top of their game, seeming to be having fun. The point of the scene is they both know the other one knows whats up, but their both playing coy, Top notch. I also think John Malkovich is in that movie, can’t remember, have to look around.

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It was Gene hackman as the villian not Malkavitch, anyway can’t find the scene, to bad it’s great!